Manitoba's Jeff Stoughton, Kerry Burtnyk and Reid Carruthers will be competing at the Grand Slam's $100,000 The National in Port Hawkesbury, N.S., this weekend. CBC will televise Sunday's final as well as a semifinal on Saturday ... The last Manitoba Curling Tour stop of the season will be next week's Labatt Fort Rouge Christmas Spiel at the Fort Rouge Curling Club. This the last chance to qualify for the men's side of next month's MCT Championships ... The MCT Championships will be held in Portage la Prairie, Jan. 4-6.